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CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-Lee-2019-07-18-06
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c. 1919

Photograph of Thomas Martin (1840-1919).

Thomas was the husband of Elizabeth Martin (nee Lee) (1850-1936). Elizabeth Lee was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Lee (nee Graham) (abt. 1825-1903).

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Thomas Martin Jr. with the Ganton Family

CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-Lee-2019-07-19-29
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c. 1898

Part of Local History Collection

Photograph of Robert A. Martin (1876-1953) and children on the family farm.

Robert was the son of Thomas Martin (1840-1919) and Elizabeth Martin (nee Lee) (1850-1936). Elizabeth Lee was the daughter of Thomas Lee (1794-1868) and Ann Lee (nee Graham) (abt. 1825-1903).

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

Turner, Irene (Brown) and Brown, Ernest MP3

CA BWGPL OH-Turner
Item
2002-06-04

Part of Oral History Collection

An interview with Mrs. Irene Turner and her brother, Ernest Brown, discussing family history.

George Jackson

Turner, Irene MP3

CA BWGPL OH-Turner
Item
2002-05-01

Part of Oral History Collection

An interview with Ms. Irene Turner discussing her upbringing, specifically details about her father growing up.

George Jackson

Walter Reeves - Badge Collection

CA BWGPL LHC-TownBWG-Police-ReevesBadges
File
2017-04-05

Part of Local History Collection

This collection of pins, medals, and badges, once owned by Walter Reeves, comes to us in digital format from his descendant, Bill Marks. They were collected from Walter's career as Chief of Police for the Town of Bradford, his participation as a Lacrosse player in the 1909 championship, and his St. John's Ambulance badges.

The Ontario Provincial Police began to operate in the area in the 1930s as a motorcycle patrol, working in conjunction with the Chief of Police of the Town. Walter "Gunch" Reeves assisted the first constable posted to the area, I.R. Spencer, in many of these cases. The first OPP detachment office in West Gwillimbury opened on January 1, 1949, where they worked from the second floor of the township building under Corporal D. Adair.

Walter Arthur Reeves was born in England in 1886, and moved to Bradford when he was 13 years old. He was known as a lacrosse star as he was part of Bradford's 1909 O.A.L.A. Intermediate Lacrosse champion team (medal which is included in this collection). He married Sarah "Sadie" Saint in February 1909. He was a train inspector, and was appointed Town Constable in 1929, a position which he served until his death in 1946 from a heart attack.

Bill Marks

Webb Family

CA BWGPL LHC-FamFil-Webb
File

Part of Local History Collection

Photographs of the Webb family found in the BWGPL collection.

Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library

WEGWHIST needs more info

CA BWGPL WEG-SBo-PH26686
Item
2003-08-02

Part of WEGWHIST Collection

Description : More information is needed for the History of West Gwillimbury! Did your family reside in the Township of West Gwillimbury prior to 1960? A member of WEGWHIST - the West Gwillimbury History project - will be pleased to meet with you for a chat, and to take notes. If you have any old photographs, please dig them out. The Project will copy the photos and return them immediately.

West, John MP3

CA BWGPL OH-West
Item
1996-10-29

Part of Oral History Collection

An interview with Mr. and Mrs. John West, discussing harvesting onions, potatoes and carrots, with mentions on the harvesting machines that were used in farming such vegetables.

George Jackson